One Christmas in Washington, David Bercuson and Holger Herwig
One Christmas in Washington, David Bercuson and Holger Herwig
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One Christmas in Washington
Roosevelt and Churchill Forge the Grand Alliance

Author: David Bercuson and Holger Herwig

Narrator: Lloyd James

Unabridged: 11 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Nonfiction, History


Synopsis

One Christmas in Washington is the fascinating, indepth look at the Washington war conference of 1941, as two proud and accomplished statesmen struggled to overcome biases, suspicion, and hubris to create what turned out to be the warwinning alliance. The authors take a penetrating look at the highlevel meetings and at the scenes behind the scenes. As with any momentous gathering of world leaders, there was high politics and low gossip, and both contributed to earthshaking events of this momentous time.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

One cannot help feeling for the people of Washington, D.C., in December of 1941, whether civilian or military. The imperial Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on the seventh day of that month had plunged a resolutely isolationist American nation squarely into war; and the emotions of anxiety and uncert......more

Goodreads review by Jean

I enjoyed this book written by two Canadian historians. Much of the material of the book I was familiar with from the many books I have read about World War II. The book did provide a different perspective of the problems faced during Churchill’s trip to the United States immediately after Pearl Har......more

Goodreads review by Judy

From the fall of France to Nazi Germany in World War II until December 1941, Great Britain and the Commonwealth nations fought virtually alone (Russia was in the war because of a suprise attack by Hitler in violation of treaty commitments, but the Russians had their hands full fighting Germany in th......more